18. Proportions and estimated numbers employed
in machine
tool occupations,
1915 161
19. Average, highest, and lowest earnings, in
cents per
hour, and per
cent employed on piece work and day
work, 1915
162
20. Estimated time required to learn machine tool work 164
21. Average earnings per hour in pattern making,
molding,
core making, blacksmithing,
and boiler making 166
22. Estimated number of men engaged in building
trades,
1915
174
23. Union regulations as to entering age of apprentice 175
24. Union regulations as to length of apprenticeship
period
175
25. Union scale of wages in cents per hour, May 1, 1915 177
26. Usual weekly wages of apprentices in three
building
trades
178
27. Average daily earnings of job and newspaper
composing
room workers,
1915 199
28. Average daily earnings of pressroom workers, 1915 202
29. Average daily earnings of bindery workers, 1915 203
30. Average daily earnings in photoengraving,
stereotyping,
electrotyping,
and lithographing occupations, 1915 205
LIST OF DIAGRAMS
DIAGRAM PAGE 1. Boys and girls under 18 years of age in office work 103
2. Men and women 18 years of age and over
in clerical
and administrative
work in offices 104
3. Per cent of women earning each class
of weekly wages
in each of six
occupations 119
4. Per cent of salesmen and of men clerical
workers in
stores, receiving
each class of weekly wage 121
5. Per cent of male workers in non-clerical
positions in
six industries
earning $18 per week and over 122
6. Per cent that the average number of
women employed
during the year
is of the highest number employed
in each of six
industries 123
7. Distribution of 8,337 clothing workers
by sex in the
principal occupations
in the garment industry 134
8. Percentage of women in men’s and
women’s clothing and
seven other important
women employing industries
receiving under
$8, $8 to $12, and $12 and over
per week
136
9. Percentage of men in men’s and
women’s clothing and
seven other manufacturing
industries receiving
under $18, $18
to $25, and $25 and over per week 138